Effect of Texting and Writing on Grip and Pinch Strength

Hand Grasp Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Texting and Writing on Hand Grip and Key Pinch Strength Among Collegiate Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04810416
• Other study ID #: CMR-PT-2021-09
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 8, 2021
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: October 2022
• Source: General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Texting and writing are common hand activities among college students. Students tend to spend increasing hours of texting and writing for every day activities in addition to the academic assignments that are mainly on line and through distance education. The effect of such daily activities on hand grip and key pinch strength has not been studied among college students.

Description:

Students will be recruited from physical therapy department of college of medical rehabilitation sciences after satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the four groups (texting 10 minutes, texting 15 minutes, writing 10 minutes and writing 15 minutes). Participants will be blinded to the outcome measures and the evaluator will be blinded to the participants assigned group. Hand grip strength and key pinch strength will be the main outcome measures. Participants demographics will be gathered in addition to recreational status, risk factors, pain body diagram and number of hours spent for texting and writing in every day life.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: April 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Active college student
• Healthy
• Willing to participate
• Using smart phones& electronics
• Hand writing for > 10 minutes/day

Exclusion Criteria:

• Recent upper limbs injury (sprain& strain)
• Chronic neurological disorder
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• De Quervain's disease
• Diabetic neuropathy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hand Grasp
• Muscle Weakness
• Muscle Weakness Condition

Intervention

Other:
• Texting- 10 minutes
Participants will practice texting for 10 minutes using smart phone.
• Writing- 10 minutes
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 10 minutes.
• Texting- 15 minutes
Participants will practice texting for 15 minutes using smart phone.
• Writing- 15 minutes
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 15 minutes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Saudi Arabia	College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences	Medina
Saudi Arabia	College of medical rehabilitation sciences	Medina

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
General Committee of Teaching Hospitals and Institutes, Egypt	King Saud University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Saudi Arabia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Hand grasp Hand grasp	Grip strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured at two wrist positions.	Up to 12 weeks
Primary	Key pinch	Key pinch strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured.	Up to 12 weeks
Secondary	Borg CR-10	Rating the perceived exertion just after hand activity session.	Up to 12 weeks